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</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/296826-gop-pac-hits-patrick-murphy-with-10m-attack-in-fla">https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/296826-gop-pac-hits-patrick-murphy-with-10m-attack-in-fla</a></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">a powerful outside group backing Senate Republicans is launching a $10 million ad campaign attacking the Democrat challenging Sen. <span class="rollover-people" data-behavior="rolloverpeople" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><a class="rollover-people-link" data-nid="188218" href="https://thehill.com/people/marco-rubio" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block; position: relative;">Marco Rubio</a></span> (R-Fla.).</font><div style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>The Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC with close ties to Senate Majority Leader <span class="rollover-people" data-behavior="rolloverpeople" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><a class="rollover-people-link" data-nid="188280" href="https://thehill.com/people/mitch-mcconnell" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block; position: relative;">Mitch McConnell</a></span> (R-Ky.), is aiming to portray Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Fla.) as a serial liar who fabricated his resume.</b></font></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">The group has a significant amount of money to play with, having raised about $28 million over August — with $20 million of that coming from Las Vegas billionaire Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam.</font></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The new ad, titled “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfDlJhKtv5A" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(42, 83, 193);">What Else</a>,” is the first installment of the super PAC’s $10.8 million fall television campaign in Florida to help Rubio hold his seat against Murphy.</font></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> </font></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Borrowing from Republican presidential nominee <span class="rollover-people" data-behavior="rolloverpeople" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><a class="rollover-people-link" data-nid="261287" href="https://thehill.com/people/donald-trump" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block; position: relative;">Donald Trump</a></span>’s playbook, the Florida attack ad brands Murphy as “Phony Patrick.</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">” It airs Tuesday on Orlando, Tampa and West Palm Beach broadcast and cable television, according to Senate Leadership Fund spokesman Ian Prior. </span></font></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Rubio leads Murphy by 6 points, according to a <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/senate/fl/florida_senate_rubio_vs_murphy-5222.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(42, 83, 193);">RealClearPolitics</a> average of polls. But the Democratic Party is not yet giving up on Murphy, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge.</font></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) recently <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/296411-dscc-shifts-dollars-out-of-florida-and-ohio" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(42, 83, 193);">canceled</a> a week of ads in Florida and Ohio, instead channeling an additional $2 million into Missouri and $4.2 million into North Carolina, two states where Democratic challengers are staying surprisingly close to Republican incumbents.</font></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">While the cancellations appeared ominous for Murphy, Democratic sources familiar with the DSCC’s thinking told The Hill that party strategists don’t view him as a lost cause in the same way they do Ted Strickland, the party’s Ohio's Senate candidate who is now <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/senate/oh/ohio_senate_portman_vs_strickland-5386.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(42, 83, 193);">losing by double digits</a> to Sen. <span class="rollover-people" data-behavior="rolloverpeople" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><a class="rollover-people-link" data-nid="188294" href="https://thehill.com/people/rob-portman" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block; position: relative;">Rob Portman</a></span> (R-Ohio).</font></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Democrats are hoping for donors to write some fresh checks to support Murphy in Florida’s expensive advertising market. They are touting the chance to use the race to end Rubio’s political career — a delicious prospect for Democrats, especially because Rubio is expected to take another run at the presidency in the coming years. </font></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Democrats close to the Florida race are hoping that the Senate Majority PAC — an outside group with close ties to Senate Minority Leader <span class="rollover-people" data-behavior="rolloverpeople" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><a class="rollover-people-link" data-nid="188298" href="https://thehill.com/people/harry-reid" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block; position: relative;">Harry Reid</a></span> (D-Nev.) — will pick up more of the slack for Murphy since the party committee has reduced its commitments.</font></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In July's financial reporting period, Murphy's father, Thomas Murphy, a wealthy Florida homebuilder, gave the Senate Majority PAC $1 million</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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